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Art Outside the Gallery

General Assembly and Active Ideas Productions

Wednesday, September 28th from 7:00 - 9:30 pm. Complementary wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served.

The art gallery exists as the main point of sale for most fine artists, the interface between the public and their art. However, is this still the most efficient method of selling art in today's connected world? Please join us for a thoughtful panel discussion presented by General Assembly and moderated by Annika Connor, which will focus on the place of technology, pop-up shops, retail venues, and pop culture as alternative vehicles for promoting and selling art.

The panel will bring together innovators and entrepreneurs whose everyday work explores the many ways in which art can be displayed outside of gallery walls and brought to the forefront of the public’s collective memory. Discussion will center around the ways in which the internet has become a venue for showcasing artwork, pop-up curation, and the immersion of fine art into everyday life.

Richard Phillips’s strikingly distinctive paintings derive
their tension from an unsettling blend of lurid imagery and a refined, almost
academic painting style.As a
world famous artist Phillips works can be seen in museums across the globe as
well as at White Cube in London and Gagosian Gallery in New York.

Fascinated by pop culture, Phillips steps beyond the gallery
walls and imbeds his art in the very world that intrigues him by having his
paintings featured on TV.Phillips
work is particularly prominent on the hit show Gossip Girl where the art itself
sets the tone for culture in this sexy series.Referencing this aesthetic overlap, Phillips most recent
show

Most recently, Phillips has explored his fascination with
celebrity culture by creating a several of short films staring Hollywood it
girls "Sasha Grey" and "Lindsay Lohan".Both of these Phillips films, screened
this summer at the 54th international exhibition of the Venice Biennale.

As a part of this panel series, Phillips will discuss this
body of work, the role of pop culture in the contemporary art world, his most
recent film projects, and his thoughts as an artist stepping out of the gallery
and into alternative spaces.

Christina Tonkin is an interior
designer and set decorator
who has been working in the film industry for over twenty years.Christina
currently decorates sets on
the hit show Gossip Girlwhere she has featured the work of Richard
Phillips,
Jessica Craig Martin, Marilyn Minter, etc and worked for five years on
the
trend setting television series Sex and the City. In addition to her
work in
film & TV, Christina specializes in art consulting for private
residential
clients, has been on the fundraising board for the Queens Council on the
Arts,
and has close working relationship with the Art Production Fund.

During this panel series Christina
will discuss the impact
and use of art in film and TV and the yearly economic boost to the arts
that
film industry generates in New York.She will also focus her talk onhow an artists or gallerist looking to have art featured in
film can
best go about seeking exposure and what to keep in mind regarding
artist’s
rights and copyright should work be selected to be seen.

Jill Murphy is a co-founder and director at AD Projects, an
independent curatorial organization in New York which stages temporary shows in
borrowed spaces. She has also worked at Gagosian Gallery since 2008, and works
with the 4-woman AD Projects' team outside of normal business hours. AD
Projects focuses on exposing emerging and mid career artists in alternative
venues.During the panel
discussion, Jill will speak not only about her work at the world famous gallery
and with AD Projects, but also will focus her conversation on the ever-growing
phenomenon of exhibiting in alternative venues which has gained momentum during
the economic crisis.

Carter Cleveland will discuss the synthesis of art and
technology at Art.sy, a new way to discover art you'll love, featuring
work
from leading galleries, museums and private collections around the
world.
Art.sy is powered by The Art Genome Project, an ongoing study of the
characteristics that distinguish and connect works of art. Art.sy
evaluates
artworks along 500+ characteristics—such as art-historical movements,
subject
matter, and formal qualities—to create a powerful search experience that
reflects
the multifaceted aspects of works of art.

Art.sy is led by Carter Cleveland, a Computer Science
Engineer from Princeton University with a passion for fine art, and Sebastian
Cwilich, a former executive at Christie’s Auction House and Haunch of Venison
Gallery.